Alleging that the West Bengal government is taking repressive measures to foil the February 28 general strike, the Left Front on Friday termed "obnoxious" the circular banning leave of government employees on that day. &qu
Carrying forward Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s charge, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday said three NGOs were found to be diverting foreign funds for the anti-nuclear campaign in Kudankulan in Tamil Nadu. Licences of three NGOs act
Ahead of the Budget, a key Parliamentary panel scrutinising the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) is likely to recommend raising of income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh and tax breaks on investments to Rs 2.5 lakh. "There is a consensus amon
Reserve Bank deputy governor K C Chakrabarty on Friday said the stress being faced by the banks from their exposures to the aviation sector is a "manageable problem." "Yes, aviation is a problem...a problem, at this stage we
The Narendra Modi government was rapped by the Supreme Court on Friday for bypassing it on the appointment of new chairman of the monitoring authority which is looking into the investigations of 22 encounter killings between 2002 to 2006 in Gujara
Top aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha, who probed the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, has quit as member of the Space Commission, upset over the action against former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and others in connection with the deal. N
B S Yeddyurappa`s bid to get himself reinstated as Karnataka Chief Minister was on Friday rebuffed by BJP president Nitin Gadkari who ruled out removal of incumbent D V Sadananda Gowda. Gadkari, however, tried to mollify the sulking BJP st
Opposition PDP MLC Murtaza Khan was on Friday marshalled out from the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council after he entered into a verbal duel with Leader of the House over the issue of corruption. Khan along with the PDP Legislators troo
The Punjab cabinet on Friday rejected the proposal of the Union government to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) terming it "against the concept of federalism". The cabinet, in its last meeting before the formati
Refusing to be labeled as an enemy of the social media, Telecom minister Kapil Sibal has called for the Internet to be governed by regulations similar to the print and the electronic media. "Who says that? I don`t understand how I am
Against the backdrop of G20 finance ministers meet to discuss global situation, India on Friday said the eurozone will have to come out with a package to resolve its sovereign debt problem, which is also impacting developing countries. &qu
The two-member inquiry commission set up by the Maharashtra government to probe into the scam tainted Adarsh Housing Society will soon submit its interim report to the government. The interim report would include the commission`s findings
The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya faces an acute drinking water crisis as major rivers there have been declared "unfit" for human use due to high level of acidity caused by unscientific mining. The rivers close
On March 3, when people of Goa will choose representative for their respective constituencies, chances are that the candidate will be a crorepati. And the one who is not, will become a crorepati soon. This statistic has come out in an analysis car
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi told the supreme court-appointed special investigation team [SIT] that he had asked police to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the February 27, 2002 Sabarmati Express tragedy. More importantly, he cat
Nine civilians trapped in avalanche-hit Sonamarg area of Kashmir for three days were on Friday rescued by local authorities assisted by Army even as hopes of finding alive three armymen missing in the snowslide in Gurez sector faded away &
With an aim to keep Narmada pollution-free, the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) in Madhya Pradesh, has decided to undertake the novel Bio-Health Monitoring programme to identify pollutants in the river and keep it healthy by introducin
The police here are discussing with Italian authorities if the ballistic examination of the weapons on board merchant vessel `Enrica Lexie`, shots from which killed two Indian fishermen, can be taken up in the absence of their experts. A c
Crisis in BJP`s Karnataka unit appeared to worsen on Friday with former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa insisting on a February 27 ultimatum for his reinstatement and party president Nitin Gadkari ruling out replacing incumbent Sadananda Gowda.
Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Vasundhara Raje has accused the Centre of misusing CBI. "People know very well that how CBI is being misused in the state," she said at a public meeting in Barmer district and criticised
